Poultry fountain



Feb. 20, 1923.

I I. l. AMMONS.

' POULTRY FOUNTAIN. man 0.21.1921.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

JOHN I. AMMONS, 0F CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA.

POULTRY FOUNTAIN.

Application filed December 27. 1921. Serial No. 525,135.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN I. AMMoNs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cupertino, in the county of Santa Clara 5 and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poul try Fountains, ofwhich the follo specification.

It is the object of my lnventio wing is a n to provide a fountain for poultry wherein the water may be fed out in small quan tities pro-v portional to the amount used; in which a large supply of water may be provided in one receptacle; in which the main supply may be kept clean. It is a still further ob ject of my invention to provide a device of the character indicated that may be carried from place to place like a bucket, and that can be easily filled to capacity and easily carried while full. In the drawings,- Figure 1 vice.

Figure 2 Figure 1.

is an end elevation of the deis a sectional View on 2-2 of Referring more particularly to the drawing I show at 1 a cylindrical sheet metal drum closed at one end as 2 and with a handle 3 near its open end provided 4:.

At 5 is shown a strip of sheet metal closing off about one fourth of the front opening 4 and at the lowerportion thereof, and thence bent outwardly as at 6 to form a flange, the outer edge of the flange bein bent under and backwardly as at 7. The

strip 5 is bevelled outwardly at both ends to points beyond the sides of drum by to form a substantial suppor l, wheret for the device and prevent its tipping when placed in position for use.

A distance back from open end 4 is a partition or curtain 8 dropping down from the upper portion of the drum t below the plane ofv the upper edg 5 as shown at 9.

o a point e of strip with the bead'12 and soldered in position.

mg made of only five pieces of sheet metal.

The drum body 1 is easily formed and end 2 secured thereon. Then it only remains to insert curtain 8 and attach strip 5, and place handle'3 in .position. a i

The placing of curtain 8 isfaoilitated by first forming a head 12 in drum 1. The curtain 8 is then slipped into engagement It is to be understood, of co-urs e,.that while I have herein shown and described one particularenibodiment of my invention, changes in form and construction maybe made within the scope of the appended claim. i

r I claim :jy I A fountain of the character indicated comprising a cylindrical container closed at one end. a sheet metal stop arranged to close off the lower portion of its other end, said stop being extended laterally a distance beyond both sides of said container and havingits lower edge turned outwardly adistance' and thence inwardly a distance to overlap the 1 bottom of said container. a curtain secured I to the upper portion of said container a distance from said stop and curving iny wardly therefrom. the highest portion of said curtain extending just below the upper edge of said stop. i v

" JOHN i. AMMONS. 

